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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     
                                                               Paper No. 20           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte CARVER A. MEAD, J. ORION PRITCHARD,                      
                          RICHARD F. LYON and PETER SCHMIDT                           
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                                Appeal No. 2003-1992                                  
                             Application No. 09/075,777                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-44, all the claims pending in the instant application.             
                                      Invention                                       
               The invention relates to the field of electronic or digital            
          cameras and more specifically to tripod mounted view cameras used           
          in professional still photography.  See page 1 of Appellants'               
          specification.  Figure 2 shows a front, top, back, and side view            
          of the electronic view camera assembly.  Figure 3 is a system               
          block diagram of the electronic view camera of Figure 2.  See               




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